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Joan Ferrante analyzes the Divine Comedy in terms of public issues, which continued foremost in Dante's thinking after his exile from Florence. Professor Ferrante examines the political concepts of the poem in historical context and in light of the political theory and controversies of the period. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legac



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION Political Theory and Controversy, pg. 1*One. City and Empire in the Comedy, pg. 44*Two. Church and State in the Comedy, pg. 76*Three. The Corrupt Society: Hell, pg. 132*Four. Society in Transition: Purgatory, pg. 198*Five. The Ideal Society: Paradise, pg. 253*Six. Exchange and Communication, Commerce and Language in the Comedy, pg. 311*Index, pg. 381

The Political Vision of the Divine Comedy

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691612317, 978-0691612317
      ISBN10: 0691612315
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      Book Synopsis

      Joan Ferrante analyzes the Divine Comedy in terms of public issues, which continued foremost in Dante's thinking after his exile from Florence. Professor Ferrante examines the political concepts of the poem in historical context and in light of the political theory and controversies of the period. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legac



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION Political Theory and Controversy, pg. 1*One. City and Empire in the Comedy, pg. 44*Two. Church and State in the Comedy, pg. 76*Three. The Corrupt Society: Hell, pg. 132*Four. Society in Transition: Purgatory, pg. 198*Five. The Ideal Society: Paradise, pg. 253*Six. Exchange and Communication, Commerce and Language in the Comedy, pg. 311*Index, pg. 381

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